We have officially finished our work on Matariki (for now at least) and so now we are learning a bit about the southern lights, also known as the auroral australis. The name aurora comes from the Roman goddess of dawn or the Latin word for sunrise.
The lights generally happen in the auroral zone, which is near the north and south pole. Aurora is caused by the atoms in the high altitude in within our atmosphere and energetically charged particles. Auroras are associated with solar winds that flow past earth. The winds flow from the sun and contain plasma particles that get pulled into the Earth's magnetic pole fields. As they accelerate towards the Earth, collisions occur between these ion particles and nitrogen and oxygen atoms in our atmosphere, releasing energy in the form of amazing aurora lights.
Now that you know what southern lights are I can tell you about what we were doing today!
We were making the lights using paint. It kinda hard to explain so here is a picture of what we're making!
The steps are pretty simple, that's why we got it done in a day
Here is my result
You notice the rather large stars in the sky and those are the Matariki stars! The teachers decided to put both the things we have been learning about into one single artwork so the artwork involves both the lights and the stars!
After looking at some videos of the southern lights I think it would a really cool thing to see and an amazing experience. Have you seen the southern or northern lights before? Have you seen the Matariki stars before?
Until next time!
Hi Riley I like your art it is very artistic, your work is very informational and the anly thing i would add is a step by step on how to make it thanks Riley
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